HOP INN Chumphon

The hotel has standard twin and double rooms, two of them measuring 20 m² with a city view and air conditioning, as well as a suite and a double executive room. The two 20 m² standard rooms have a private bathroom with a shower, toiletries and towels, a flat-screen TV and a telephone.

Across the hotel, rooms can have a desk, a refrigerator, free bottled water, linens and a balcony or terrace, and some rooms sleep up to four guests. Bedding is either single beds or a double bed, depending on the room.

Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms, and internet services are offered in the public areas as well. The hotel has free on-site parking and an elevator, and a 24-hour front desk.

Air conditioning is provided in the public areas, and the hotel is wheelchair accessible, with facilities for disabled guests. Daily housekeeping is offered, and English and Thai are spoken by the staff.

Rooms can have a refrigerator, a desk, linens and free bottled water, and satellite and cable channels are offered as well. Rooms can also have a clothes rack, a socket near the bed, trash cans and a window, while the bathroom has a shower, toiletries and towels.

Chumphon is a provincial town in southern Thailand, a working place on the railway and road routes south rather than a resort. The hotel sits in Muang Chumphon, the district of the provincial capital, on Soi Krumluang Chumphon 3, so it is a good fit for a town stay rather than a beach holiday. Streets nearby are lined with shophouses and everyday local shops.

The Chumphon Night Market is 500 m away, and in the evening its stalls sell cooked food and everyday goods to local shoppers. Arphakorn Kiattiwong Park, 700 m away, offers green space for a relaxed walk, and several locomotive monuments on display mark the town's railway history. The railway station is 900 m away and the Bus Terminal is 800 m away, so both trains and buses are close by. The Chumphon National Museum, 2.7 km away, is the place to learn about the province's history.

A day could start with a walk in the park, continue with the museum, and finish at the night market. Chumphon is also a departure point for boats to Ko Tao in the Gulf of Thailand, so the town is a starting point for trips to the islands. The Monkey School, on the outskirts, is worth a detour for its coconut-picking macaques.